i guess with madeleine being the last in the line of succession, it doesn't really matter if chris has a title or swedish citizenship at this stage. however, it has puzzled me that he mentioned in the engagement video that he was planning to learn swedish. given he will not apply for citizenship, that he will continue to live abroad and is unlikely to perform very many events in sweden, particularly on his own, i wonder why the need to learn swedish has been made so evident in the video. maybe he hadn't decided at that stage whether to take an active role in the RF.

for info, just in case the swedish people of this forum are interested, i just read in the website that the service will be open to the public if space permits.

IMO, Chris made it clear from the very benning to his future in -laws and the royal establishment that he was not willing to contribute to the SRF and keep his own life outside the Royal House. As for learning swedish, the reason could very well be personal - after all, he is getting married to a Swedish woman and his children will have a Swedish heritage, so why not learn the language? I guess that right now they talk to each other in english, perhaps in the future they would like to alternate between their native languages in the family

Is there a guest list out? Not an official one of course, but an idea of who is attending. Are Marie and Joachim going as well as Fred and Mary?

The danish media has written that Frederik, Mary, Joachim, Marie and Benedikte will attend. But everything except Edward's and Sophie's attendance is just a speculation until the guest list will be published, probably two days before the wedding like they did at Victoria's and Daniel's wedding.

Right, this is a shame.
Is it because Infanta Elena cannot attend, as she has been "downgraded", i.e. she is no longer able to represent the RF abroad?
Bye Bine

There's nothing official from Spain regarding who's going or not yet, but given the harsh economic climate that prevails in Spain members of their RF attending a lavish royal wedding might not go down too well and perhaps they have been advised decline.

Who knows!

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The last time that Letizia wore a tiare (Dutch Inauguration), the Spanish press jumped on the fact that the floral tiara was a present from dictator Franco. No wonder that the SRF keeps away from foreign royal bling.

Has anything been heard from the Netherlands and Luxembourg? The new Dutch King and Queen might be too busy. But I'm still hoping to see Guillaume and Stéphanie.

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